Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:27:05 +0100 From: Francois Tigeot <ftigeot@wolfpond.org> To: David Landgren <david@landgren.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building your own FreeBSD installation CD-ROM Message-ID: <20050118172705.GB54509@aoi.wolfpond.org> In-Reply-To: <41ED440C.9090401@landgren.net> References: <41ED440C.9090401@landgren.net>
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On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 06:14:52PM +0100, David Landgren wrote: > > how does one go about creating a FreeBSD install CD-ROM? I'd like to be > able to build my own CD-ROM with as much as possible of the install > process done automatically. For instance, what parts of FreeBSD to > install: X or not, games or not, etc. etc. And which ports to install > straight away. I could also set up cfengine so that as soon as the > machine came to life it could go and connect to my cfengine repository > and download all the latest configurations to move into operational status. There is some documentation in /usr/src/release on how to build a custom release (I did it successfully around 4.4 time). It is also possible to script the installer via a configuration file. Look at sysinstall(8) manpage for details. -- Francois Tigeot
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